Transformers: Dark of the Moon was the top-grossing film at the box office this weekend, making an estimated $97.4 million. That's a new high for the July Fourth weekend, breaking the record previously held by Spider-Man 2, which grossed $88.2 million this weekend in 2004. Transformers also had the most lucrative opening weekend of 2011 to date, beating out Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, which had a $90.1 million opening earlier this summer.

Well, that's awkward. I mean I know there are only so many ways to shoot an exploding car race, but this is just out-and-out laziness on the part of Michael Bay, who appears to have shamelessly lifted footage from his 2005 film The Island for use in Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon.

I suppose if you're stealing from yourself it's a victimless crime - unless you count the audience, of course.

The tendency of every movie released by a major studio since 1986 or so to follow the Hero's Journey storytelling formula to the letter has led to some brilliant mash-ups in the YouTube era. Here, we have The Little Mermaid set to the soundtrack of the trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and of course it synchs up perfectly. No offense to either film, but I wonder if maybe it's time to start thinking outside the blockbuster box. Just sayin'.

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The Alamo Drafthouse, in addition to having the greatest "please don't text during the film" PSA ever, has the coolest posters in the world via their art boutique Mondo. They've joined with Paramount to create this awesome poster for Transformers: Dark of the Moon by artist Jesse Philips, which will be given away to at screenings tomorrow night at the Arclight Hollywood theater in Los Angeles.

As per their usual M.O., they will also be selling a very limited edition of the poster, which will go on sale on their website Wednesday. Better watch this one closely and act fast, the average print run of a Mondo poster is in the neighborhood of about 400 copies.

IDW Publishing is gearing up for the release of Transformers: Dark of the Moon with a huge sale on their Transformers digital comics.

IDW's entire Transformers digital comics library, comprised of over 200 titles, will be on sale for $0.99 through July 4. And they're available for just about every platform imaginable.

For iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch users, IDW has a dedicated Transformers comics app, which contains their complete Transformers library. Alternatively, you can purchase comics from the IDW Comics app or via Comics +. All three apps are powered by the iVerse comics reader.

Anyone with a web browser can purchase and read the Transformers library online at http://transformers.comixology.com. Android owners can use the Comics by ComiXology Android app.

The Transformers comics library is also available in the Sony PSP Digital Comics Store, the Nokia Ovi Store, and the Amazon Kindle Store.

The Transformers digital comics library is on sale now through July 4 at 11:00 pm.

Check out these 8 new stills from the upcoming Transformers: Dark of the Moon, premiering in 2D, 3D and IMAX June 29.

Plus, perhaps appropriately given that the full title of the film is Transformers: Dark of the Moon, we actually get to hear someone say 'croissant'!

Mmm buttery.

But yes, this trailer is pretty awesome and shows us more than we in the states have glimpsed of the film thus far, including the first looks at John Malkovich and Patrick Dempsey.

Enjoy, mes amis!

With the arrival of Thor in US theaters, Summer movie season has officially begun. This is comics and sci-fi film's biggest year yet, with multiple franchises from each of the big two comics publishers expected to dominate the box office, not to mention the grand finale of the Harry Potter series and new entries from Transformers and Pirates of the Caribbean.

I hope your local theater has good air-conditioning, 'cause we're going to be spending a lot of time at the movies.

Check out these awesome LEGO renditions of the posters for the biggest movies of the Summer.

The lunar landing was a direct response to a giant government cover-up involving giant car monsters!

Alex Jones was right!!